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In a reflection for America’s 250th anniversary, Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote that “the America emerging today is already much less friendly to the Christian faith than anything in our country’s past.”

“It doesn’t need to be this way,” said the retired archbishop of Philadelphia. “And that poses a challenge for all of us as Catholics ... We make the future; nothing in this world is inevitable.”

Archbishop Chaput added:

The vocation of a Christian disciple is to feed the soul of the world as well as its mind; to offer a vision of men and women made whole by the love of God, the beauty of creation, and the reality of things unseen; to see the world in the light of eternity; to recapture the nobility of the human story and the dignity and destiny of the human person. This is the work that sets fire to the human heart.

The archbishop of Baltimore and the superior general of the Society of St. Sulpice have named Father Shawn Gould, PSS, as the new rector of St. Mary’s Seminary and University.

A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago who became a Sulpician in 2021, Father Gould was previously director of the Blessed Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation in Baltimore.

The bishops of Wales called upon Welsh lawmakers to vote against assisted suicide when the matter comes before the Senedd, or Welsh parliament, on January 27.

“If enacted, this Bill would introduce assisted suicide into law and represent a profound change in how society responds to those who are terminally ill,” Archbishop Mark O’Toole and Bishop Peter Brignall wrote in their statement, issued January 15.

“In our view, it would place many vulnerable people at greater risk,” they continued. “International experience shows that where assisted suicide is legalized, eligibility criteria tend to expand over time, the number of deaths increases, and subtle but real pressure is placed on people who are elderly, disabled, or who fear becoming a burden on others.”

EWTN announced yesterday that Catholic News Agency (CNA) and its other news services have been rebranded as EWTN News.

“This rebrand is not simply about a new name or a new website—it reflects a deeper alignment of mission, editorial vision, and operations,” said Montse Alvarado, president of EWTN News.

CNA, founded in 2004, was acquired by EWTN in 2014.